1
$\begingroup$

When I send G1 E5, the extruder motor rotates, but does not stop. It keeps rotating until I restart the system. I am using a Ramps 1.4 board and OctoPrint.

Improve this question
$\endgroup$
2
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ How many steps per millimeter do you have configured in your Configuration.h file? $\endgroup$
    – 0scar ♦
    Commented Oct 27, 2018 at 22:31
  • $\begingroup$ Steps per mm = 200,200,788,200 $\endgroup$
    – Mars7272
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 15:15

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
3
$\begingroup$

If the printer is in absolute positioning mode (which is used almost exclusively), then the extruder will either wind back or wind forward to the last 5mm point. Effectively, the firmware treats the extruder like any other axis, and you can set the origin whenever and wherever you like (it doesn't have to be the home position). Use G92 to reset the extruder position as follows:

G92 E0 ; Set the extruder position to 0 (origin)
G1 E5  ; Extrude 5mm of filament
G92 E0 ; Set the extruder position to 0 again

This is the usual way to purge filament in the slicer's start and end code. Note that you cannot rely on the current position being zero.

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$
4
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you guys. I will check as soon as i get home. $\endgroup$
    – Mars7272
    Commented Oct 28, 2018 at 23:09
  • $\begingroup$ Steps per mm = 200,200,788,200 $\endgroup$
    – Mars7272
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 1:45
  • $\begingroup$ I ran G92 E0, G1 E5 and it is still rotating. I changed out the ramps board and the driver... $\endgroup$
    – Mars7272
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 1:46
  • $\begingroup$ So... I switched out the stepper motor just to eliminate that variable... Same result. It must be in my firmware. I have reloaded the default I started with months ago... $\endgroup$
    – Mars7272
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 15:14

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .